Google is launching Ironwood, its new TPU. The chips could ease GPU shortages. Many companies training AI models have found themselves stuck — GPUs are expensive, in short supply, and power-hungry. That might soon change. Google is preparing to add a new version of its Tensor Processing Unit, called Ironwood, to its cloud service. The ... Read more ›
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Welcome to the Metaverse. Where the physical blends with augmented and virtual reality. Where your Meta Me resides. Where your avatar is playing, working, shopping, and interacting with a shared online universe. You are present inside the internet and not just looking at it. It is the next evolution of online experiences; Web 3.0. Furthermore,... Read more » Read more ›
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This is the first of a two-part series on how the pandemic has affected women and their employment prospects One would think that in a world turned upside down by a global pandemic, upskilling oneself would lead to better labor force participation. Well, this may be true — unless you’re a woman, apparently. More women... Read more » Read more ›
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When the Facebook smart glasses were announced in partnership with Ray-Ban, it drew mixed reactions from everyone. While some users were excited about this technology from the social media giant, digital privacy advocates feel such glasses may only infringe privacy. Called Ray-Ban Stories, the smart glasses will give users a new way to capture photos... Read more » Read more ›
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Fintechs, as well as neobanks, are banking on the increasing demand for contactless transactions and remote working spurred by the pandemic in order to accelerate the adoption of their services. Going digital has always been part of the financial inclusion strategy in the Philippines. However, a 2019 survey by the country’s central bank, Bangko Sentral... Read more » Read more ›
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Fintechs, as well as neobanks, are banking on the increasing demand for contactless transactions and remote working spurred by the pandemic in order to accelerate adoption of their services. Going digital has always been part of the financial inclusion strategy in the Philippines. However, a 2019 survey by the country’s central bank, Bangko Sentral Ng... Read more » Read more ›
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Autonomous cars, commonly known as self-driving cars, aren’t new in Japan — nor the automotive industry. But whilst the rest of the developed world is pushing for autonomous vehicles largely for reasons of safety and convenience for people in general, Japan’s a little different. It’s to compensate for its aging population. The Japanese ageing population... Read more » Read more ›
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Cyber resilience is the ability for an organization to prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber-attacks. While most organizations only looked at either one of these in the past, the evolution of threats and the rampant increase of cyber attacks are now making them relook their entire cyber security framework. As such, in 2020,... Read more » Read more ›
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Hybrid and multi-cloud are now the established order in the tech world. According to SUSE’s recently commissioned Insight Avenue report, Why Today’s IT Leaders are Choosing Open, more than 800 IT leaders believe the biggest benefits of a hybrid and multi-cloud approach are cost-effectiveness (45%), increased flexibility and agility (44%), and being able to take... Read more » Read more ›
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As the traditional perimeter-based cybersecurity model disintegrates, “trust is a vulnerability” is rapidly becoming the cornerstone of security policy in 2021. The strict auspices of zero-trust security framework consider pre-established (or assumed) levels of trust as a potential source of vulnerability. From this stance comes the imperative, therefore, to make verification a continuous process that... Read more » Read more ›
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Incentives will be provided to automobile and drone manufacturers over a five-year period Minimum investments of US$ 34 million are needed to qualify However, details of the program are still unclear India will splash 257 billion rupees (US$3.5 billion) on incentives for the auto sector to boost production of electric vehicles, the government said Wednesday,... Read more » Read more ›
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Recovering from a ransomware attack isn’t an easy process unless an organization has sufficient backup and recovery software in place. However, the reality is, while most businesses have backups, they often lack proper data recovery solutions and could spend too much time getting their services back up and running. Even if data can be retrieved... Read more » Read more ›
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Chinese regulators have already ordered Ant to separate from its main business the company’s two lending units — Huabei and Jiebei — into a new entity and bring in outside shareholders. Officials now want these lending businesses to have their own independent apps as well. In the latest crackdown on China’s technology sector by the... Read more » Read more ›
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In an industrial unit on the outskirts of Taipei, chefs are plating meals for food delivery that will never be served in a restaurant: Welcome to the world of “ghost kitchens”. Even before the pandemic sent an earthquake through the global restaurant trade, the “Amazonification” of commercial kitchens was well underway, but coronavirus lockdowns and... Read more » Read more ›
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Network security shifted sharply the moment cloud services began to be widely accepted by organizations. Why this shift happened was understandable: company data was no longer ensconced behind the armored network perimeters. Michael Ferguson, the Asia Pacific CTO at cloud security experts Netskope, equates the change with our own changing needs. “Historically, when we created... Read more » Read more ›
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Singapore’s tech trade association SGTech last week announced the formation of a Digital Trust Committee, witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Kiat. According to the organization, this move aimed to rally the industry to come together to develop a framework for digital trust and enable companies to provide products and services using data, that... Read more » Read more ›
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Australian businesses have been getting increasingly comfy with technology over the last couple of years. Be it cloud adoption or machine learning, businesses in the land down under are fast realizing the potential of higher technological use. With IoT usage increasing, Australian businesses need to have the right infrastructures in place to ensure they get... Read more » Read more ›
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Prices of semiconductor chips have been climbing since the last quarter of 2020 amid a global supply crunch. Taiwan’s TSMC is the most recent to announce intentions to increase prices of most advanced chips by roughly 10%; less advanced chips will cost about 20% more. The industry-wide move likely will impact the sticker prices of... Read more » Read more ›
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We’ve heard about the potential horrors of automation, and when it comes to automated accounting, it might make some people, especially accountants, nervous. But should that be the case? Historically, many SMEs and startups still struggle to stay afloat, even before the pandemic turned our lives upside down. As it turns out, one of the... Read more » Read more ›
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Ladies first. Women’s health and wellness are the priority in female technology. From software and apps to devices and drugs, femtech is designed to improve women’s quality of life in mind. An industry report said the femtech market is valued at $18.7 billion in 2019 and will rise to $60 billion by 2027. It divided... Read more » Read more ›
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Experts reckon Indoensia’s grocery market could be worth US$169.4 billion by next year. The country is also projected to be the fourth-biggest grocery market in Asia in 2022 – after China, India, and Japan. For Indonesia, being the largest country in Southeast Asia with a population of over 273 million, the enforcement of Large-Scale Social... Read more » Read more ›
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